Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Chamidae
Anterior and posterior adductor muscles separate, their scars distinct on both valves
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -333 meters (-1,092 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Chama
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. arcana (Secret Jewelbox) · C. congregata (Corrugate Jewelbox) · C. florida (Pretty Jewelbox) · C. lactuca (Milky Jewelbox) · C. macerophylla (Leafy Jewelbox) · C. sarda (Cherry Jewelbox) · C. sinuosa (Smooth-Edge Jewelbox)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Mollusks of Tonkin & Indo China / Dautzenberg & Fischer. Paris: s.n., 1905-1908 url p. 458.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 240, p. 682, p. 683.
- Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 48.
- Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. / prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895. url p. 172.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 193.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 83.
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London: [The Society], 1879- url p. 135, p. 75.
Notes
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Contributors
- BioSystematic Database of World Diptera
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 08, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Pippen, Jeffrey S. Jeff's Nature Page. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- Thomson, Christian (from Diptera).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 08, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816176
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1919245
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 821.800 based on 76 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
